Talking about race is exhausting, especially in a world that pretends it's a conversation that no longer needs to be had. Which is, of course, why we all need to keep talking about race.
Jessie Daniels, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Earlier this week, Omar Thornton walked out of a meeting in which he was being fired from his job at a beer distributor in Connecticut and opened fire on his former co-workers.
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Remember when some people said that Barack Obama's election meant we had gone post-racial? It really hasn't turned out that way.
George Davis | Posted 05.25.2011
He's damned fortunate if we don't and damned fortunate if we do allow that he is black. We received some crazy responses by email, by phone, and as o...
John A. Powell | Posted 05.25.2011
Growing evidence suggests that Black communities and other marginalized populations are not being adequately reached and are not benefiting from these current economic policies.
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America's foremost civil rights, religious and p...
Keith Kamisugi | Posted 05.25.2011
If some of our communities are left behind as others move forward, we cannot claim victory for all Asian Americans.
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, I had an opportunity to talk with Dr. Cornel West, a professor of Religion and African American studies at Princeton, about Obama's presidency and the marginalization of the Black political agenda.
Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011
For most of us, the "pass" is obviously not anything tangible that one could, you know, keep on hand in case of a heated inter-racial exchange, but for Mayer it actually signified "group" endorsement.
Hasan Kwame Jeffries | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama needs to move swiftly to end "Don't Ask, Don't Talk," the White House policy that sidesteps the issue of racism in America by directing the president not to talk about it.
Richard Albert | Posted 05.25.2011
The latest tragedy to befall Haiti was not an act of God. It was a failure of humanity. The death and disaster in Haiti are the direct result of the...
Hasan Kwame Jeffries | Posted 05.25.2011
America has made tremendous strides since Dr. King shared his dream with us. Yet his colorblind society remains elusive. To make it a reality, we need to take seriously what he said we needed to do to achieve it.
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
The merits of a particular case aside, truth is that almost no one embraces the racist label. This is true even in the relatively rare instance where the accused has practically scratched the word into his forehead.
Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 11.17.2011
Sisters, the time has come for you to change the rules, and walk upright in all of your glory, beauty and splendor as a black woman. The rest will come. I promise.
Mike Barber | Posted 11.17.2011
No serious person is ever going to say it's racist to talk about race. That's nonsense.
George Davis | Posted 05.25.2011
Professional and college sports create millions, maybe even billions, of moments each year when racial differences really do not matter in America.
Cliff Albright | Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. Graham outlined the many reasons why it was unconscionable to burden his state with health care. Among his complaints: South Carolina has too much unemployment and too many Black people. What?
Sarah J. Jackson | Posted 01.10.2012